Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 17th Jan 2007 00:19 UTC
Sun Microsystems is set to license OpenSolaris under the upcoming GNU GPLv3 in addition to the existing Common Development and Distribution License, sources close to the company have told eWEEK. "The next version of Solaris will include things like GNU Userland, which is already being attempted with OpenSolaris, while open-source solutions from other communities for things like package management also look very promising. Dual-licensing OpenSolaris with GPLv3 could make this even easier," said a source who declined to be named.
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2005-10-09
... upgrade is great. I know the reasoning/logic behind the crufty userland that exists now, but this is a welcome update for me. Maybe a reasonable PATH will be default, as well.
Package management that makes sense? Whoa. Guess I hopped on the Solaris bandwagon at the right time. Can't wait to see how all this turns out, here's to Solaris 11!
PS - I could care less about the licensing issues as topic reads. It might make life easier for the linux-lovers when/if they decide to participate in OSOL, however, bringing more of a community into the fray. I just hope we don't end up with the fragmented development that linux suffers from.